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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09
An Indian Affair.

Washington Aug. 6 Agent Sheehan
telegraPhs lhe1ndian commissions to-day
purely an Indian affair and no whites are
involved. He will stay among the Indians
until the matter is settled. He says the
newspaper reports are sensational. Co.,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

Not one of the Chicago boodles
is to escape unless it be McGreigh
who is said to be enjoying the view
from the rock of Gibralter.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

Mr.. Gould does not seem to be cast
down over the tie contract trouble on
the southwestern roads and if good
luck favors him he can easily get the
screws on some other man just as he
did Cyrus Field and squeeze back
every dime he may lose. Jay is al
ways up to snuff and several other
things.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

The BAzoo is under obligations to
Col. &c. w. Coombs, Department
Manager at Washington. d. c., for
two volumes of the investigation of
the Southwestern labor troubles by
the Curtin Committee. The two vol
umes contain LOO pages and are a
complete resume of the evidence.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09
Smacks1 Of ENTERPRISE.
amoute Record.

Among the ANA many improvements 90.
ing on at the fair grounds at sedslia
is the construction Of an art hall
SOx4o feet in dimensions, and the lay
ing Of water pipe, to the grounds to
convey water there. for the people
during fair week, Free cewatef will
Il" furnished all week. This smacks
Of enterprise and speaks well for. the
men who are at the head Of the asso-
=. N.S .a.'s So : = .-1-,-.ssL4 q.
- St@'iepp' m,,z HE $50 aeV
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

1t is to the credit of the colored
people all over the country that their
meetings on emancipation day, were al
most universally free from disturbances
of any kind. They all seemed to have
enjoyed the day thoroughly, and it
appears to be for these children of Ham
a day worthy of special encourage
menf.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

=, The Dresden lady, who is one of
the parties to a divorce suit In. this
city rather settles the hash of. the
widowers when she asserts that they
all have "sleek tongues. @''
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

Ministers, lawyers, teachers, b and
Others whose occupation gives but little
exercise. should use Caters Little Liver
r.: Is for torpid liver and billiousness.. One
Is dose. IL e, cip- 81. g -
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09
Sedalia and Warsaw.

90 = J.Lee. Lakewood, -
House and Sign Painter; alsog Independ-
ent Paper Hanger, ~ West Third street:
.5-12d-tf
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

Weekly BAsoo, 81 pef.year. Try ii.
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A man In Indianapolis contriivea a
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-09

Ivy ~. - VI 10.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-12
Begin Early.

Baxter gave his heart to Christ while
vet he was a child Matthew Henry
became Christian at the age of elev-
en-; Jonathan Edwards at the age OF
seven; DR.. Isaac Watts was converted
at nine years of age; Jonathan Ed
wards particularly narrates the con-
version of a child named Phebe Bart
lett at the age of four, and continues
the narrative to the time of her tri-
umphant death at mature age.
Spurgeon says that of the hundreds OF
children whom he has received into
the church, he has been obliged to eX-
communicate none. Nearly all the
distinguished leaders Of Christs
Church in all ages have been Christs
followers from their earliest years.
When souls are converted to God in
early childhood, they have more years
in which to serve Him and toll for
Him: "Oh, satisfy us early with thy
mercy, that we may rejoice and be
glad all our days" Psalms 80: IA.
Those who are converted in childhood
make more symmetrical and more re-
liable Christians than those who are
rescued from sin in later life. The
work of Gods Spirit in the heart of
the very young is more complete, be-
cause the terrible habit of sin is not
yet confirmed, unbelief has not yet
poisoned the soul with doubts.
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PrOcraStinatiOn.
II Cor. vi: Z.

The steamship Central America, on
a voyage from New York to San Fran
cisco, sprung leak in mid-ocean. A
vessel seeing her signal of distress,
bore down toward her. Perceiving
the danger to be imminent, the cap
tain of the rescue ship spoke to the
Central America
"What is amiss ?"
"We are in bad repair and are going
down; lie by till morning." was the
answer.
"Let me take your passengers on
board now."
But as it was night the commander
of the Central America did not like to
send his passengers away lest some
might be lost. and thinking that they
could keep afioat while longer, re-
Piled, Lie by till morning"
Once again the captain of the rescue
ship called, You had better let me
take them now"
Lie by till morning." was sounded
back through the trumpet. About an
hour and half later her lights were
missed; and though no sound was
heard, the Central America had gone
down and all on board perished, be-
cause it was thought that they could
be saved better at another time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-12
Angelo and the Angel.
BY RICHARD f. BURTON.

Michael Angelo, the peerless painter,
Once was hard a-work, no pleasure reaping,
Till the picture, incomplete, grew fainter
TO his eyes, and, hush he fast was sleeping
Then an angel came, and very featly
Seized the brush and made the canvas Nv
ing;
While a sort of music sounded sweetly,
Deeper slumber to the artist giving
There the loving angel toiled and tarrled -,
Till the sunlight failed and day had neeteu
Wrought the wondrous work, loVe-thouGht
carried
Into colors fit and fair-completcd;
Vanished then, a-smile at some sweet fancy
Coniurad up, perchance, at inly Knowing
How the man would take the necromancy
That had made the picture clear and glow
ing.
Angelo awoke, betimcs. affrighted
That he had foregone his task for pleasure
But his heart with joy was duly lighted,
And his soul uplift beyond all measure
When he saw his picture painted fairer
Far than any picture of his making
In the past, with tint and touch OWNER,
And light of God above it breaking.
In his heart he held the lesson ever:
How, when human hands are weary folded'
Fretme ent eased and fear instorming never,
Lo, our life by angel hands is moulded!
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Ones Best is Enough.

Sometimes the lesson is hard to be
learned that all which God asks OF
any one is to do ones very hest. we
look back upon given experience,
whether it has been happy or sorrow.
full, and although we are conscious OF
having made our utmost endeavors,
we seem to see how what we felt oo-
liged to leave undone might have been
done, or how what we did do might
have been done more skillfully and
usefully. There is no pain keener
than that which conscientious persons
often feel, because of the revelations
which the present, thus occasionally
makes concerning the past and the
bitterest element of it is the fact that
these bitter things really might have
been accomplished.
But there is no need of remorse or
even regret. Whether it actually
were possible or not to act and succeed,
as it now appears to have been, makes
no difference. If we did all which the
light which we then possessed reveal
ed to US, as involved in our duty, and
if what we did was done honestly in
the best way open to us, then we did
all which we could have done, and
NAV rest in peace. Gods best and our
best usually are two quite different
things, and it is only the latter for do
ing which he holds us responsible:
To allow ourselves to become morbid
and miserable for not having attained
an impossible ideal of conduct is sin.
Nevertheless, two facts must be ac-
cepted unquestioningly. We may not
be happy or even content, unless we
truly have done our very best. Moth
ing other or less than this, as sensi-
tive and enlightened conscience de-
cides, can be accepted as a substitute.
Nobody must delude himself into
playing the hypocrite. Furthermore,
our best must grow better continually.
We must welcome and use the new
light, the fresh knowledge, which
comes to us, raising our standard
steadily, and using every success,
whether complete or partial, as step
ping-stone to something better.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-12
Get the Best.

yaTARRANTED for years. The New II gh
w Arm Davis, Vertical Feed Sewing Ma
chine. No one else allowed to sell them IN
Abbeville county. Write TO me for prices. 1
sell the New Domestic the New American.
The best Sperm Sewing Machine OIL, Needles,
&c, for all Machines. ! offer the best ana
stock of Furniture, Collins, &c, In
the county. HENRY j. KlNARD, Agt,
March 30, 1887, I'm Ninety-SlA. -. Z.
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Clergymen Take Vacations, but the
Devil Doesn't.

A Philadelphia clergyman, the Rev.
Mr.. Pressly, does not appear to think
much of clergymen who take q vaca-
ton. II read story the other day,
he says, which set forth that a clergy
man was, valise in hand, hurrying to
the railway depot, when he was ac.
costed by the devil, who inquired
where he was going. On being told
that he was leaving on his annual va
cation, the devil replied that he had
been steadily at word for six thousand
years, and never could afford q mo-
ment's vacation. There is q notion
abroad that the winter time is the sea-
son for spiritual ministrations, and
acting on that, the summer months
are given up to the devil, and tonight
the devil is marshalling his forces to
attack the citadel left undefended by
the vacation ministers, who lounge
about watering places and summer re-
sorts, while the poor and weak in
flesh are left without consol olation, or
advice, exposed to evil, and the multi
tudinous temptations in which this
city abounds.
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CoMns at Mt. Carmel.

T w. SIGN has collins at Mt. Carmel IN the
y. care Of w. r. POWELL. The HEARSE
will be sent from Abbeville when desired.
Jan. 5, 1887. II
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have found nothing yet which re-
quires more courage and independence
than to rise little decidedly above
the par of the religious world around
me.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
WHO is Hep

Hermits are always objects Of
curiosity, but non more SO than the
Leather Man" of Connecticute This
strange and mysterious being is an utter
mystery. No one knows his name or
nationality, for he never speaks;
no one knows how he lives, for he
never buys anything; and no n knows
where he lives, for he is only seen at
rare intervals, travelling along little
used roads either very early in the
morning or late at night. His covering
consists entirely of leather taken from
old boot legs aud sewn together with
twisted strips of the same material. His
clothing consists Of a large ill-shaped
leather JACKET and a pair of ILL made
trousers. Even his foot wear is made
up Of pieces, and the hat on his head,
or what answers him for a hat, is Of the
same crude make. Sung over his
shoulder, he carries a large leathern bag
or pouch, but what he has in it no one
knows. A great many attempts have
been made to discover the habitation of
this strange creature, but they have all
failed, as he has invariably given his
followers the slip after, perhaps, leading
them . journey of many miles. Some
have claimed to know something about
him, and at different times he has been
declared an escaped criminal, a Polish
refugee. an exiled Frenchman Of noble
blood, q simple crank, and q Russian
Nihilist, but these claims have never
been ~aubstantiated, and the Leather
Man is to-day as much OF a mystery as
be was twenty years ago. Doubtless
some time this mystery will be solved,
but ct present there is no answer to the
question: who is he?-IThe Earth.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
"Just Grnndnn.

The life of the Capital, while it may
have a more or less refining power, is
not necessarily q~uickening. 1t is harder
here for a young man to keep from
drifting into dilestanteism; the social
swirl is more of a maelstrom than else
where. And this is especially true with
regard to the susceptible minds of young
men who would be likely to develop
into litterateurs or thinkers. OF course
with seasoned students the case is differ
emit, and they are lik sly to flock here in
respectable numbers. But. we can
hardly claim a healthy growth of Gull
ture until our Indigenous young ideas
shoot. No; take my word for it. Gull
ture-I mean solid, substantial culture
will have a long and dismal fight before
it prevails against the very artificial and
growing social requirements that have
pushed their way up through the old
fashioned genialities as well as formali-
ties Of the days .sbefo' de wah."-Wash-
ington Hatch-t.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
Bored bu A1,ts.

The most dreaded insect invader is
the white ant. III Africa, their houses
are do~mc-shaped mounds often eighteen
feet high. These insects erect pyramids
n thousand times higher than them
selvesl The ants or their travels SO con-
ceal their approach that their presence is
not suspected until the damage is done.
They usually tunnel into any object
which they attack, often reducing it to
a mere shell. In this way they have
been known to ascend within the leg of
q table, devour the contents of a box
upon il, and descends through a tunnel
bored in another leg, all in one night.
An officer of the English army while
calling upon some ladies in Ceylon was
startled by a rumbling sound. The
Indies started with alright, and the next
instant they stood with only the sky
above them; the roof had fallen in and
lay all about, Leaving them miraculously
unframed! The ants had made their
way up through the beams, following
them out until a great part of the frame
swork Of the house was ready to fall at
the slightest shock.-FSt. Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
Sour. and s,veet.

The New York Tribune recalls a story
which Mr.. Lowell tells in his essay on
Cambridge Thirty Years Ago. "At
one of these groceries the unweaned
(Harvard) students used to play a joke
handed down from class to class. Enter
A. and asks gravely:
'IIave you any sour APPLE, Dea-
conf
We'll, no, Bhaven't any just now
that are exactly sour, bat there's the
bcll-f over apple, and folks that like q
sour apple generally like that exit Az
"Euter B. Have you any sweet apples,
Deacon?'
"'Well, no, I haven't any just now
that are exactly sweet, but there's the
beethoven apple, and folks that like q
sweet apple generally like that exit
ID W
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
A Biz RAFT esuGEe.

The largest rattlesn; k ever seen in
Northern Mexico, was recently killed by
Capt. Jack Z. Bridges at Montezuma
Camp, in the state of Chihuahua. The
snake was discovered coiled up under a
cactus. It at one made fight, erecting
its head three feet from the ground and
springing nearly five feet over its length.
It was shot by Bridges, and found to
measure twelve feet j leagth and seven :
teen inches in circumference in the mid
die. 1t is unusual at this season OF the
year to see any kind of snakes in Mex
leo, and it is thought this snake had
grown too big to get back in his hole,
which was near the cactus. DR.. Robin
son of Newark, n. j., has the skin of a
rattlcsnake killed in Colorado which
measures over eleven fect.-INcw York
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
Vatuable Autogra phtc Letters,

An autographs letter of Washington
of two pages, simply referring to a sale
of land in Virginia, sold within q few
weeks by a gentleman of this city for
$50, and one which would refer to some
well known military movement in the
Revolution would bring a much higher
rate. 1t is the character and contents of
the autographs letter that determine its
value. The mere fact that a document
signed by Napoleon brought but Sc. 25
by no means indicates the value of Ma
poleonic autographs. A letter of the
great soldier laying out his plans for the
battle of Leipsic, and giving directions
to Prince Murat with regard to the dis
position of troops, owned in this city,
would probably bring twenty times the
price mentioned above. Boston Bulle-
fin
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
rs Mann Women as Men.

There are still 4 few theorists who jus
tify polygamy on the ground that more
women arc born into the world than men
but the theory has long been exploded.
August Bebcl, ID his remarkable work,
recently translated into English, shows
that IN 10 states with d population OF
250, 600, 600 The excess Of females over
males MAS only Z, 500. 900; aud when we
remember the cxtentto which man out
number women il The colonies, and the
fact that il India there are 5000, 600
more men than women, the natural in
ference II that il the inhabitants Of the
earth were distributed according 10 the
sexes mel and women would Ne found to
exist il about equal proportions. All
tEe Year Round.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16

A& AG
The marvellous growth Of tie railroad
interests of the country is illustrated by
the fact that old men are still living who
took the first ride with Peter Cooper ID
the first steam locomotive in America.
The locomotive was simply an old sta
donary engine, about the size Of q bar
rel, mounted on q truck, and connected
with The wheels By q crank. It pulled
90 old-fashioned coach, loaded with
forty two passengers, thirteen miles in
nfty-seven minutes. On the return trip
IL raced with two fast horses. The con-
testovas nip and tuck, when tile band
slipped off the fywhcel. Peter Cooper,
the engineer, in attempting to replace
Il, lacerated his hand. The horses won
tho race. The first engine of really SER
viccabse qualities was manufactured at
York, Pr by Phineas Davis. II made
one milo ID three minutes, drawing forty
persons, and It took the prize offered BY
tie baltimore md Ohio road.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16

SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

In France persons are said to have
been put into a hypnotic sleep by te'c,
/ phone. A newspaper editor was hyno-
tized within two or three minutes after
placing the telephone to his ear, the
operator being a mile distant.
DR.. G. G. Carroll Of Meadville, Pa,
after years of experimenting has dis
! covered a method by which aluminium
can be cast, soldered, and welded. lie
believes he has also discovered the law
, governing tho disintegration of iron
stringcrs employed in construction of
railroad bridges.
A manufacturer of Roubaix, France,
has invented a very curious application
| of electricity to looms. He adopts an
| indicator which strikes when a thread
| breaks, and thus saves the weaver from
the close attention to the quickly moving
| threads, which is so injurious to the
sight.
Avexing and u. settled question in ply
siology is, "Why arc not the walls OF stom-
ach and intestine themselves digested by
their W fuids?' Because these tissues
are living, was the answer of John Hunter
in 1772, but DR.. J. w. Warren has just
disproycd this explanation by digcsting
the legs of living frogs in artificial gas
trio juice.
Analyses OF the air in the schools,
halls and churches of Elinbur III are
being made by the heath authorities.
Tests are applied to show not only the
proportion of carbonic acid gas, but also
the percentage of organic matter, to
which the stuffy odor of close rooms is
attributed. Several European cities have
made such analyses.
The preservativc quality of sea water
is shown by the fact that among the
articles recovered from vessels
sunk in the harbor of Vigo, Spain, in
170s, are specimens of logwood and
mahogany that, Notwithstanding their
1874 years submersion, are in perfect
state of preservation. Dyers who ex-
perimented with the logwood say that
it is even better for coloring purposes
than the wood now imported.
M. Leon Esquille has perfected a mar.
vellous invention in electricity and pho
Biography. By speaking into a photo
phone transmitter, which consists of a
lighly-polishcd diaphragm, rejecting a
ray of light, this ray of light is set into
vibration, and a photograph is made of
it on a travelling band of sensitized paper.
Now comes the wonderful part. If the
image of this Photographic tracing is
projected by means of an electric arc or
oxyhydrogen light upon a selenium re-
c%civcr, the original speech is then heard.
1t is evident that there is no limit to the
development of this peculiar combi-
nation of methods.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
A Ne,c Product Of the Grnpe.

A remarkable discovery comes to us
from California. A chemist of Germany,
whose researches here led him to the dis
covery of some generally unknown prop.
critics Of the grape, has succeeded in ex-
tracting the water from its juice, in vacu-
um, thereby producing q thickened sub
tance, not unlike molasscs In consistency.
which will keep for many months, and
which, when needed for use, can be
thinaed out with water. In that shape
it is exactly like French grape juice,
and then, exposed partially to the air,
with or without the addition of sugar,
wiilturn to wine. This process has just
been placed before The world by DR..
Ferdinand springmuehl, who is low on
his way to California to test bis theory
on D large scale. This will undoubted-
" make . great change in the trade of
vineyardists, if tho claims made are sub
stantiated. -[Commercial Enquirer.
&C., E&G
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16
Fore1.s,nsters.

All up and down the mountain sides,
And through the breezy hollow,
The CRISES grow, the leaf buds blow,
And blossoms o will follow;
They follow-they follow
On upland and in hollow;
The spring is here-sweet p;oneerf
And Summer 0 will follow.
Then Summer comes; and overhead
The nightingale and swallow
Pursue heir hightto airy light,
And call their ma es o follow;
They follow-they follow
Sweet Orpheus ard Apollo,
And Boreas blows in a way that shows
That Winter soon VII follow
Then Winter comes with cloudy face
Adownt the hill and hollow;
And rain and sect Their marches beat.
And snow and ice will follow:
They follow-they follow
There's no path through the hollow,
But lol ere long there's the cuckoo's song
And the ! pringtime's sure to followl
Josephine Pollard in Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16

It wa the great Humboldt, the most
versatile, if not the most clear sighted,
naturalist and thinker Of the age, who
first forcibly pointed out that there cx-
lists an intimate relation between the
forest-coyer of a country and its climatic
and agricultural conditions. Among the
many expressions of his thoughts on this
subject we find this: How foolish man
appears to me, rccklessly destroying the
forests, for in this way he dcprivcs him
self Of wood and wafer ut the same
time His theories have only recently
been subjected to scientific scrutiny and
experiment, and their correctness is SO
well demonstrated that we arc now
forced to consider forests in a duplex
capacity-their direct and their indirect
economic va Il e.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-16

It is curious to note how certain
things arr regarded from different stand
points. Here comes the News, of Salt
Lake City, q Mormon organ, describing
the efforts to enforce the laws
against polygamy as the work
of "a clique of conspirator rs, who
arc seeking by illegal and dishonest
means to extirpate popular government
in Utah and establish and oligarchy
within the republic" This from the
organ of the Mormon oligarchy is dc.
cidedly rich. 1t shows, however, what
a big fight the government has on its
hands in uprooting the Mormon evil.